Born again -

"Spring Buds"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
"... I started to bud like a March twig ..."
- Sylvia Plath

Thursday Challenge: Hands -

"Hands"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... take my hand ..."
- Unknown

Illustration Friday: Swamp -

"Swamp"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... like a scene from the swamps of Louisiana
or the mind of Poe on opium ..."
- Dean Koontz

Light your torch -

"Dark Sky"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... the gloom of the forest meets the charcoal sky
and the harking howl of the wolf doth cry ..."
- Unknown

Strike up the band -

"The Jay Miller Group"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... rock & roll will never die ..."
- Neil Young

Steady as she goes -

"Dazed But Not Confused"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... lots of people talk and few of them know ..."
- Led Zeppelin

Dimming the lights -

"Autumn Evening"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... no sun, no moon,
no morn, no noon,
no dawn, no dusk,
no proper time of day ..."
- Thomas Hood

Thursday Challenge: Best of 2011 -

"Old Forge Cabin"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... a cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle ... "
- Old Irish Saying

Thursday Challenge: Shoes -

"Shoes"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... see, we could've been called 'The Shoes'
for all you know ..."
- Paul McCartney

Thursday Challenge: Door -

"The Green Door"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... green door, what's that secret you're keepin' ..."
- from "The Green Door" by Jim Lowe

Thursday Challenge: Creative -

"Creative"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair ..."
- Khalil Gibran

Thursday Challenge: Orange -

"Orange"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... I cannot pretend to be impartial about colors;
I rejoice with the brilliant ones and
and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns ..."
- Sir Winston Churchill

Does anyone hear bells ringing?

"Achill Island Cowherd"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... all the really great ideas I ever had
came to me while I was milking a cow ..."
- Grant Wood

Good work, if you can get it -

"The Robin Hood Flour Queen"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I was a Queen and you took away my crown ..."
- Marie Antoinette

Thursday Challenge: Writing & Writing Tools -

"The Short List"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... a woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting .."
- Christian Dior

The moveable type -

"Braking Wheel"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I couldn't repair your brakes,
so I made your horn louder ..."
- the Brake Shop Guy

Down to the sea in ships?

"Two Small Boats"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... we are the boat, we are the sea,
I sail in you, you sail in me ..."
- Lorre Wyatt

Thursday Challenge: Thankful -

"Indian Summer Sunset"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... then a severe frost succeeds which prepares it to receive the voluminous coat of snow which is soon to follow; though it is often preceded by a short interval of smoke and mildness, called the Indian Summer ..."
- J.H. St. John de Crèvecoeur

Keeping track -

"The Archivist"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... by nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit
of discovering choice places wherein to feed ..."
- O Henry

Thursday Challenge: Time -

"Time"
photograph by Mick Mather
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"... time has come today,
young hearts can go their way ..."
- The Chambers Brothers